ABSTRACT
Russia and the north and wish to cross over to Turkia. These latter carry squirrel and miniver [varium et grisium] 1 and other valuable furs; the others bring lengths of cotton or gambasium,2 silk cloth and fragrant spices. And on the eastern side of this territory lies a city called Matrica/ where the river T anais4 flows down into the Sea of Pontus through an estuary twelve miles wide.
